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WE ONLY SAY WHAT WE CAN PROVE. THIS PAGE IS WHERE WE SHOW IT.
OUR LEATHER EXCEEDS THE LEATHER WORKING GROUP STANDARD, THE LEADING INTERNATIONAL STANDARD FOR ENVIRONMENTAL PERFORMANCE AND TRACEABILITY IN LEATHER. OUR TANNERIES HOLD FORMAL ACCREDITATION FROM THE LEATHER WORKING GROUP, AUDITED AND RENEWED ON A FIXED CYCLE.
C.F. STEAD IN LEEDS HAS BEEN LEATHER WORKING GROUP CERTIFIED SINCE 2007, AUDITED EVERY EIGHTEEN MONTHS. LA BIESSEUNO IN ITALY IS CERTIFIED TO ISO 14001 AND THE LEATHER WORKING GROUP. HORWEEN IS TANNED IN CHICAGO AND SUPPLIED TO US IN THE UK THROUGH A AND A CRACK IN NORTHAMPTON, OUR TANNERY SUPPLY PARTNER, WHOSE TRADE IS PROVENANCE, TRANSPARENCY AND SUSTAINABILITY.
WE WORK IN DEER, COW, CALF, LAMB AND GOAT, AND NEVER PIGSKIN. EVERY HIDE IS A BYPRODUCT OF THE MEAT INDUSTRY OR OF CONSERVATION. NO ANIMAL IS RAISED OR KILLED FOR ITS SKIN.
BEYOND THE FORMAL STANDARDS WE HOLD OUR OWN BAR, WHICH WE CALL MASTER GRADE. IT IS OUR INTERNAL STANDARD FOR LEATHER GOOD ENOUGH TO CARRY A MADE IN ENGLAND SNEAKER.
OUR PACKAGING IS FSC CERTIFIED AND MADE IN ENGLAND. THE MAKER IS AUDITED BY AN INDEPENDENT THIRD PARTY AGAINST RECOGNISED SOCIAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL STANDARDS, AND THE PAPER CARRIES A CHAIN OF CUSTODY BACK TO A SUSTAINABLE FOREST.
EVERY CERTIFICATION NAMED HERE IS FORMAL AND REAL. THE DOCUMENTS CAN BE REQUESTED. WE TRACE THE WHOLE PROCESS, AND WE WILL SHOW OUR WORKING TO ANYONE WHO ASKS.
EVIDENCE, PROVENANCE AND TRANSPARENCY. NOT LOGOS. THAT IS THE STANDARD WE HOLD OURSELVES TO.
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